torch /tɔrtʃ/
1. a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
synset: torch
2. tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
synset: common_mullein, great_mullein, Aaron's_rod, flannel_mullein, woolly_mullein, torch, Verbascum_thapsus
3. a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
synset: flashlight, torch
4. a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
synset: blowtorch, torch, blowlamp
1. burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"
synset: torch
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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